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    WiFi & Router for Gigabit Fiber?

    Just remember, multiple APs in the same area with overlapping channel reduces the overall available bandwidth. That is why its important to get an app like wifi analyzer and look at the frequency space to make sure nothing overlaps. Sometimes auto will do a good job, sometimes its better to set...
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    WiFi & Router for Gigabit Fiber?

    If 1 AP is good, thousands must be better, this is the concept that got wifi to be really good no, so recent wifi is good. However the info you are provided is false. Mesh with wired backhaul and load balancing has more bandwidth than standalone APs which have more bandwidth than wifi to wifi...
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    Rebooting: Power cycle vs. switch

    yup. Or when you go off on holiday for a week as the power savings outweighs the couple of large changes.
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    VPN and then two Dlink IP Cameras?

    You can do custom routing on the router, but i would still ditch the dlink cameras because its dlink, they're horrible in security and at one point if you got a camera that was returned, the previous guy could see you. You can do a blanket block or you'll need RMerlin's firmware for the custom...
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    gotta love merlin's VPN

    You could always buy him a beer for his efforts. RMerlin uses a different VPN client server software (you would notice when comparing the GUIs of the 2 firmwares). Part of the problem with the stock asus firmware was that some asus specific features would peg the router's resources, like when...
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    Rebooting: Power cycle vs. switch

    not really, what im saying is that in the case of the device freezing (usually caused by capacitance) is the reason to power cycle. It does no harm when you do not have chemical based capacitors as those are more vulnerable to bigger power changes than solid ones, but PSUs use them as they're...
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    Rebooting: Power cycle vs. switch

    Sorry guys but most of you got it wrong. Power cycling for a few minutes allows the capacitors to drain. Not only the capacitors that are actual capacitors, but one of the problems in board design is capacitance between conductors/circuits, which can cause signals to be all wrong and cause it to...
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    Gaming Router Recommendation

    No such thing as a gaming router, i mean mikrotik makes a better gaming router than asus. Its all about the QoS and config. Ram amount doesnt matter unless you run some sort of software filter like trendnet on asus, but minimum is 128MB. CPU Depends on your speeds and what you run on it. (even...
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    Quad-core vs dual-core

    it depends on what you're running, but for a router more cores do help if you are running more components or have more traffic. To give you a better example lets talk about a flow Interface -> Firewall -> IDS (API back and forth via interface, simplified) -> QoS -> Interface So in the traffic...
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    How to evaluate the comparative performance of two 4G/LE routers

    from my experience there are a few things that affect their performance. 1) standards, do they accept higher categories and combining frequencies? 2) does the modem let you pick your tower, frequencies and more? 3) Directional antenna, using one can improve speeds as long as you have the right...
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    Which Netgear Router XR500 or XR700 with Netduma

    if you dont need the 10GbE or SFP+ (its either 10GbE or SFP+, not both but you can get SFP+ with 10GbE module, depending on package contents and device), i'd say to just stick with the cheaper one as more likely their CPU speeds are similar. Also to fully utilise a single 10Gb/s port you'd need...
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    WiFi Latency Spikes Caused By Powersaving - How to disable?

    windows networking has been buggy even for me and i get problems not just with latency but more of with the network adapter driver being stuck. MS blames drivers/manufacturer when it is a windows issue as it did not happen in older versions of windows, like the double click problem as well.
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    WiFi Latency Spikes Caused By Powersaving - How to disable?

    tweak both the device and AP. There are 2 values in the AP you can tweak and match so its not a battery drain and to reduce latency spikes for power saving such as DTIM and one more number but the device itself is allowed to power save and have a higher ping. Its more of a question if the...
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    Stable router for office use, budget 150USD? Help.

    even office routers can be unstable too, such as the various outdated VPN routers still around. I do vouch for mikrotik being stable as long as the PSU is. The only 2 things that mikrotik suffers from are PSUs, and in some cases crashes because of some tools built into the router. One even told...
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    Need help with retrofit network

    as long as its not the retrofit API. You can get a 10Gb/s switch, that would reduce the bottlenecks, the question really is on the camera's per bandwidth and your LAN bandwidth needs. You can also get flat cat6 ethernet cables too which help if you want to have them under doors.
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    Low cost wired-only router

    should've seen this earlier as you've missed plenty of devices, pfsense or x86 based routers are an example, they typically come with intel atom or AMD equivalent CPU. You can also recycle any older PCs too. There are plenty more choices. Some will mention cisco RV but i personally hate every...
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    ISPs Will Control The Stack

    it is marketing bs, you can call US ISPs evil or such because they are a monopoly purely for profit rather than the being goal based on the purpose of their business which is to provide connectivity. However ISPs do not control the stack. To give an example on how UK ISPs block websites they...
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    MicroTik RB750GR3 hEX Router & VPNs

    theres always more to learn about networks everytime
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    MicroTik RB750GR3 hEX Router & VPNs

    Mikrotik supports openVPN via TCP only currently, for any other VPN config it does quite well and as long as you pick a hardware supported encryption you can get decent speeds with the RB750Gr3 You also have to remember that this is a forum, everyone has different experiences and expertise. I...
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    Cisco RV320 router Security Vulnerability

    i bet the owner will have a car that runs badly, because mechanics know better and the customer is like "no i want this and this done, not that" You dont buy spare routers that you keep aside, a lot of routers like mikrotik, cisco and other ones like hp, juniper, dell, etc all have very good...
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